On November 09 2012 11:42 Advantageous wrote:idra > moonglade? i guess these polls are a popularity contest...

Maybe it's my bias but RorO's name makes me think he's a threat in zvz, but maybe he's not since it's sc2. And I think people aren't saying idra > moonglade, just idra's position sucks being between HerO and stephano.

Almost voted H, because Creator is awesome, mOOnGLaDe went fairly far in MLG and Scarlett/Nerchio are both great in their own respects, but really, they don't compare to Stephano and HerO... and of course RorO's not a pushover either. IdrA's good too.

Is anyone else lol'ing at the fact that there are 15 Zergs, 13 Protoss and... four Terrans? It's guaranteed by the divisions that four Zergs and two Protoss move on, and there are only four Terrans to begin with... guess we're about to see how OP Terran really is.

Man this sucks, Scarlett was NA's virtually only hope at making a decent run in the tournament, and she got completely fucked by groups.

And seriously group H is way harder than group E. Hero Stephano and Roro is not better than Nerchio, Scarlett and Creator. basically has Best foreigner (although some would say nerchio is better lately), upper range korean, and hit or miss Kespa player vs Next 2 best foreigners and best korean protoss.

"losers always whine about their best, Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"

Group H is strong all-around, but only has one Korean and DRG just picked him (Creator) first in the Code S nominations. Somebody must think Creator has weak PvZ. Group E has HerO and RorO + the best foreigner (usually). IdrA is serviceable as a 4th. So E got my vote.

Playing better than standard requires deviation. This divergence usually results in sub-standard play.

It's close, since not only Rain is going to be destroying everyone but mOOnGLaDe, Scarlett, Nerchio and Creator are all great players. I'd say it's Stephano/IdrA/RorO/HerO though, by a narrow margin, since RorO/HerO are Koreans who are fairly high up there, IdrA's alright (my bets is he won't make it through though) and Stephano often does well against Koreans.